Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 26 Sept 2025, 14:50 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Preliminary Market Engagement: Haigh Hall Cleaning

Official notice

Authority: Wigan Council (Local council)

ServicesSME suitableVCSE suitable
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 5 yrsends 31 Mar 2033 · starts 1 Apr 2028

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Wigan Council is undertaking a pre-market engagement exercise to gather indicative annual costings for the cleaning services at Haigh Hall, based on the attached service specification.

This exercise is intended to inform future procurement planning as part of a major multi-year regeneration programme. At this stage, commissioners are seeking indicative pricing only and are not commencing a formal tender process.

Please provide your estimated annual cost for delivering the specified services.

If you have any questions, please submit them via the messaging facility on 'The Chest'.

Deadline for submissions: 12:00pm, Friday 24th October.

CPV: Cleaning services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 5 yrsSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Apr 2028 – 31 Mar 2033 (5 yrs)
Delivery: North WestEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
26 Sept 2025, 14:50 BST
Last source update
26 Sept 2025, 15:04 BST
Authority reference
PA070
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-060234
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Cleaning services
Delivery area
North West (UKD3)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a363 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

26 Sept 2025 → 1 Apr 2028 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published398 days ago
    26 Sept 2025, 14:50 BST
  2. Market engagement370 days ago
    24 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST

    Wigan Council is undertaking a pre-market engagement exercise to gather indicative annual costings for the cleaning services at Haigh Hall, based on the attached service specification.

    This exercise is intended to inform future procurement planning as part of a major multi-year regeneration programme. At this stage, commissioners are seeking indicative pricing only and are not commencing a formal tender process.

    Please provide your estimated annual cost for delivering the specified services.

    If you have any questions, please submit them via the messaging facility on 'The Chest'.

    Deadline for submissions: 12:00pm, Friday 24th October.

  3. Today
    30 Oct 2026
  4. Contract starts
    1 Apr 2028, 00:00 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 26 Sept 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    26 Sept 2025, 14:50 BST
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    26 Sept 2025, 15:04 BST
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Wigan Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PCGG-6481-TZPW Wigan Town Hall, Library Street, Wigan, North West, WN1 1YNContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure